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Royal Family Out In Full Force For Queen's Birthday Celebration

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Many members of Britain's royal family came out on Saturday to participate in the Trooping the Colour parade, in celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 93rd birthday.
Channel24 reports that more than 1,400 soldiers, 300 horses and 400 musicians from The Household Division and The Household Calvary were part of the parade.
Queen Elizabeth was the first to arrive at Horse Guards Parade, solo for her birthday parade. This is the second year that the Duke of Edinburgh didn't attend, since giving up his royal duties.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle waved to a crowd, sitting in a carriage with The Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge. This is the Duchess of Sussex's first public appearance since giving birth to baby Archie a month ago.
The young royals were also front and center. One-year-old Prince Louis made his first royal event appearance, with his siblings, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, The Duke of Kent, The Earl and Countess of Wessex and their children, were also there.

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Channel 24 reports that on Saturday, Britain’s royal family stepped out for the Trooping the Colour to mark Queen Elizabeth’s official birthday. The parade and ceremony was the first official royal event following the nuptials of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who recently returned from their honeymoon, that the entire British monarchy attended. The day’s proceedings closed with an RAF flypast, which was watched by members of the royal family from Buckingham Palace’s balcony.